Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals 2024 (Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte)

Buyogan Festival is known as one of the best festivals in the Philippines from the pride of Leytenos. It is celebrated every year during the month of August in which the different sizes, shapes, and colors of the bees are being represented. Buyogan Festival comes from the word “buyog” means “a bee” to which the town of Abuyog acquired its name.

One famous story of the name Abuyog believed that it has originated at the time when Spaniards came at the shores of the river. They notice a swarm of bees and asked about the name of the place but the natives didn’t understand them and thought they were asking the name of the insects they noticed. The natives answered “Buyog” and Spaniards repeated the word they said, “Ah! Buyog”. That then became the town’s name.

Another interesting fact that an old legend says, Abuyog believed that it has one mystical creature known as Opayda. She was described as a good fairy who guides the fishermen back to the shore by using her magical voice and helped to heal the victims of bee stings.